Radiochemistry R&D Manager

TPI seeks to support revolutionary radiotherapies for treatments of cancers, such as prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma by supplying radioisotopes that currently cannot be accessed in amounts required to develop medical treatments. The Manager of Radiochemical Process Development, TPI R&D Radiochemistry reports to the Director, R&D Radiochemistry, and is responsible for managing the TPI R&D Radiochemistry Process Development team members in their efforts to develop, scaleup, and support operation of chemical processes for the long-term production of actinium
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This position interfaces with a dynamic interdisciplinary environment in which effective communication, teamwork and collaboration is required, while maintaining composure to act safely, ensure quality of data, and enable timely decision-making. The position will exercise significant judgement in ensuring TPI maintains regulatory compliance while delivering on commercial production and engineering design needs. The candidate must be capable of working closely with and supervising a diverse group of high performers with variety of technical backgrounds.

The successful candidate will relocate to the Everett, WA area.

The Manager, R&D Radiochemistry (TPI) primary responsibilities include:

• Maintaining a positive work atmosphere, inclusive company culture and effective collaboration across TPI project teams and broader Terra Power organization.
• Lead and develop a high-performing Radiochemistry Process Development organization, with accountability for workforce planning, budgeting, performance management, and employee engagement.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Serve as the primary technical and organizational leader for Radiochemistry Process Development, influencing cross-functional teams across Engineering, Operations, Production, Quality, Regulatory, Safety, and Program Management to deliver integrated project outcomes.
• Delivering against TPI R&D Radiochemistry team objectives and determining how to use resources to meet schedules and project goals, including the development of relevant components of project scope and schedule.
• Reporting and communicating progress to higher levels of organization on project and team performance in the form of meeting updates and presentations.
• Train, develop, and mentor TPI R&D Radiochemistry team members, including through servant leadership, providing weekly or biweekly 1:1 interaction with team members, and providing effective feedback to support employees’ growth in the team and broader Terra Power organization.
• Manage coordination of R&D Radiochemistry team in technical risk identification and developing project scope necessary to advance radio chemical process development, including design and execution of R&D radiochemistry experimental campaigns.
• Lead radiochemistry laboratory and system development, including the design of flexible experimental chemistry capabilities to support TPI R&D activities.
• Review TPI R&D Radiochemistry deliverables including research reports, procedures, production records and publications.
• Provide radiochemistry support for the design, scale-up, start-up; and ongoing production of radioisotopes with emphasis to hands-on support alongside team members in TPI radiochemistry laboratories.
• Interface effectively with Terra Power quality assurance disciplines as needed to ensure Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) are followed, quality of experiments, analytical methods, and designs are maintained and continuously improved.
• Oversee development of and maintain laboratory procedures.
• Oversee compliance with site safety and radiation protection…